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JOHN H. PUTMAN, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

Leners Patent No. 101,506, zetelt/1pm 5, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent vand making part 0f T116lame.

To whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, J 03N H. PUTMAN, ofGloversville, vin the .county ofFulton, iu the State of New York, have invented certain Improvements inGloves,

and fingers;

'Figure 2an outline of the inside or vpalm-piece of the glove, and thethumb-piece and fingers in one piece'- Y Fignre 3,`an outline of theback' of the glove, the

thumb-piece that covers the back of the thumb and' backsfof the lingers;

Figure 4, an outline of the piece that forms the sides "of the iingers,technically called fourchette and v Figure 5 is a section of the back ofthe thumb in perspective. i In the manufacture of gloves, it is anobject to have `as few seams therein as possible, which necessitates thecutting the glove from the skin of which it is made in as few pieces, insuch shape as will fit the hand,

without waste of material, and so as to have the few seams so locatedthat `the will not come upon them.

Gloves have been cut having the inside of the thumb on the piece thatforms the inside of the hand part-'of the glove, bntsnch gloves have hadthe thumb-piecesy cut narrow at their bases, bringing the seams in suchposition as to receive most of the wear, and make a bad tit ou the hand,and to obviate such difficulties is the` object of this invention; and

It consists in the form or shape of the-pieces from which the glove ismade.-

A represents the piece cut to form the back of the hand.

A', the back of the thumb, and having an angular projecting piece orgusset, a, on its side.

vl ',b the backs of the fingers.

B, the piece that forms the inside or palm of the glove.

B', the inside of the thumb, and cut from the same piece, and has anangular projection or gusset,- a, on its side. Y

b' b'," the inside of the ngers.

c, the piece that forms the sides between the iingers.

greatest amount of wear In putting these pieces'or parts that are shownin figs. 2 and 3 together, the point of-'the angular projection orgusset piece a on the outside part A is placed at the terminal point ofslit that severs` the inside part of the thumb from the inside orpalm-piece at e, and the point of the angular projection or gusset a',on the inside of the thumb-piece Bf, will come to the end of the slitthat severs the back of the thumb from' the hand parts atd, when theparts are sewed together in the usual way. Y v.

A glove made from the pieces thus formed will give Vto the inside of thethumb-pieee-a wide-base, as the gussets a and a throw the seams fartherapart than is usual, and at the same time'give ample room for the thumbto ent-er, will fit 'easy upon the thumb and hand,

at the base of the thumb.

Nor '-is there any seam..l on thel top or back of the thumb, as thatpart at the back of the glove A which forms the wrist is wide, and comesfar enough to throw the seam into the centerof the inside of the wrist,and where it will not in the least interfere with'the differentpositions ofthe hand and thumb, the thumb being iee towork in anydirection.

. Thisniethod of cutting gloves is applicable to the' and there is noseam where the wear is the greatest vcutting outof mittens, as what isherein dese'ribedas Athe invention only relates to that part of a gloveby which the thumb-piece is connected to the inside and back of theglove, and will answer for mittens as well without departing from myinvention.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The backs and inside pieces of gloves A B formed in such manner asthatthe back part A shall have the back of the thumb A withtheprojecting gusset a and backs of the fingers b in one piece, and theinside part B shall have the inside of the thumb B and the pro- `iectinggusset a and the inside ofthe iingers b in anotherpiece, substantiallyas described.

2. The glove above described, as a new article of manufacture, when madeof the parts' A, B, and c, in the manner substantially. as described.

JOHN H. IUTMAN.

\Vitnesses OHAs. C. Bowes, EDW. WARD.

